Zoning districts.
The area of the City shall be divided into zones as identified in
Article IX: Zoning Districts and Zoning Maps and
Article X: Establishment of Zones. The use of land, buildings, and structures shall conform to the standards of the zone in which it is located except as otherwise provided in this chapter. In addition, all uses shall conform to
Chapter 265: Floodplain Management,
Chapter 270: Shoreland Zoning, and
Chapter 275: Subdivision of Land.
Zoning boundaries.
The location of the zones shall be as shown on the Official Zoning Maps. Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various zones as shown on the Zoning Maps, the following rules shall apply:
A. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines.
B. Boundaries indicated as approximately following well-established lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines, even if the location of such lines is inaccurately represented on the Zoning Maps or tax maps.
C. Boundaries indicated as approximately following municipal limits shall be construed as following municipal limits.
D. Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed to follow the normal high-water line, and in the event of natural change in the shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center line.
E. Boundaries indicated as being parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Subsections A through D, above, shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map. Any conflict between the Zoning Map and description of metes and bounds in a deed shall be resolved in favor of the description by metes and bounds.
F. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground deviate from those shown on the Zoning Map or as described in this section, or in circumstances where the items covered by Subsections A through E, above, are not clear, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall interpret the zone boundaries.
Division of lots by zone boundaries.
Zone boundaries shall follow property lines as of the date of this revision, February 1, 2014. If it is found that a boundary line of a zone divides a lot, then the property owner may petition the Planning Board for one (1) of the zone designations for the entire lot. Where the boundary line of a zone divides a lot having frontage on a street in the less restricted zone, the provisions of this chapter covering the less restricted portion of such lot may extend to the entire lot, but in no case for a distance of more than thirty (30) feet beyond the zone boundary. Where the boundary line of a zone divides a lot having frontage only on a street in a more restricted zone, the provision of this chapter covering the more restricted portion of such lot shall extend to the entire lot.
